Eric Anderson

Kinderhook Bank’s new full-service Latham office is nearing completion, and a bank spokeswoman said Friday that it could be open before the end of March. “We don’t have a date,” said Dori McDannold, director of marketing. But she added that the goal was to have the branch at 782 Troy-Schenectady Road, next to State Police […]
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The 10-story Executive Park Tower at Stuyvesant Plaza has received a multimillion-dollar overhaul, and on Thursday its owners showed off the results. The tower, built in 1970 and sheathed in smoked glass, sits adjacent to the Stuyvesant Plaza shopping center and is currently 20 percent occupied. After a state agency left as part of New […]
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The Walmart Supercenter proposed for the town of Ballston would include a kiosk that would provide information about local businesses and other attractions in nearby Ballston Spa, the Chamber of Southern Saratoga County said Thursday. Notices about historic sites and attractions, plus information about restaurants, farms and shops would be included in the kiosk, which […]
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The Capital District Transportation Authority has rolled out its redesigned website, with information accessible with fewer clicks than previously and an improved search bar for riders seeking schedule and other information. CDTA is offering both desktop and mobile versions. Schedules, service advisories, trip planning and access to real-time information also are featured prominently, the transit […]
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The National Complete Streets Coalition of SmartGrowth America has honored Troy as one of 10 cities nationwide for its policy to design streets that provide for the needs not only of motorists but of pedestrians, bicyclists and transit riders as well. The coalition in 2014 reviewed the complete streets policies of more than 70 jurisdictions, […]
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The stores that Radio Shack has placed on its closing list locally include those at 911 Central Ave. in Albany; Sanford Farms in Amsterdam; 115 Plaza Lane, State Route 7 in Cobleskill; 1251 State Route 29 in Greenwich; 2080 Western Ave. in Guilderland; Palatine Plaza in Palatine Bridge; Rotterdam Square Mall in Rotterdam; and Mayfair […]
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Sometime later this year Troy will get its first free-standing Starbucks. The cafe will open in a building at Hudson River Commons on Hoosick Street, formerly Troy Plaza, that once housed a Dunkin’ Donuts, city officials confirmed Monday. Dunkin’ Donuts, meanwhile, has moved to a new building farther east on Hoosick Street. For Stephen Mitnick […]
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Silver Bay-based Hacker Boat Company said Friday it will introduce its first ever fiberglass-hulled standard model boat at the Yacht & Brokerage Show in Miami Beach. Until this point, Hacker said all of its standard Hacker-Craft models have had mahogany hulls, although it has built custom boats with fiberglass hulls for individual customers. The company […]
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Thursday that Wells Fargo Bank will pay a $2 million penalty and provide another $2 million in restitution payments to consumers after a former affiliate of the bank secured loans made through the bank’s Nowline Visa Platinum Credit Card accounts with an interest in the borrower’s home, which isn’t permissible under […]
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A more than half-million-dollar head start gave WAMC/Northeast Public Radio a big boost in its winter fund drive, with the public radio station taking just three and a half days to reach its $1 million goal. The station had received more than $500,000 in contributions to its Locked Box campaign when the on-air effort began […]
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